To determine that, I first considered Article II of the Constitution that defines a President's responsibilities. Next, I analyzed the work of a president employing a best-practice approach used by many leading corporations to describe tasks and subtasks.
(See Article II: http://www.uhuh.com/constitution/article2.htm)
From that, I derived skill, knowledge, experience and proficiency requirements. Suggested is that should be the work of political parties, yet they don't that very well, if at all.
There are standards for producing job descriptions and deriving performance requirements that used by the U.S. Government Office of Personnel and by Departments, including the Department of Defense, for instance. When it comes to the Executive branch, the system is flaky.
A presidential candidate should be knowledgeable about and sufficiently
experienced in enterprise performance improvement initiatives, preferably with
successful past performance on the resume. This experience can be from public
or private sectors.
Continuous improvement in a democratic form of government comes from the following:
· Changing, amending,
and retiring and replacing present laws
· Issuing presidential
directives and memos communicating policies and policy guidance
· Administering
directives and memos as they too require changing, amending, retiring, and
replacing
· Strategic planning
· Budgeting and funding
requests
All of these things are a product of the president’s management approach and government processes and routines governing them.
Proposed is that the first and most important presidential task is staffing, organizing and scheduling the executive branch work of government. In retrospect, the community organizing skills possessed by President Barack Obama were most significant and relevant. However, a president must also have a robust network of associates and allies from which to recruit and staff executive positions. Having a recruiting universe of qualified candidates (those who can readily obtain security clearances) for all of the government department and agency executive positions is an essential requirement.
Furthermore, an effective chief executive leverages the appointed staff as a multiplier on their effectiveness by selecting individuals who are more knowledgeable about specific areas of government than the commander-in-chief.
The Commander-in-chief is the top executive and is also the top expert in Constitutional law about which the incumbent is the leading executive implementer and often author of new and amended legislation.
Task 1: Planning, staffing, organizing, and scheduling Presidential work and government functions
Subtask 1.1: Recruit and staff the cabinet
and department and agency appointments
Subtask 1.2: Conduct cabinet meetings to develop and implement
strategies and policies for accomplishing the nation’s workload and issues
Subtask 1.3: Define the nation’s
outcomes and priorities for each major department and agency to produce the
nation’s strategic plan
Task 2: Develop the President’s management agenda and budget and reconcile with Congress
Subtask 2.1: Assume responsibility for
the legacy agenda and make adjustments to align with the President’s management
agenda or equivalent
Subtask 2.2:
Work with cabinet heads to develop performance plans and schedules
Subtask 2.3: Work with Congressional
leadership and collaborate to implement the nation’s strategy, plans, and
programs
Task 3: Initiate and approve legislation
Subtask 3.1: Propose bills to Congress
Subtask 3.2: Consult and advise
Congress
Subtask
3.3: Collaborate with industry and business leaders in the development of
policies and regulations of all kinds Subtask 3.4: Approve or veto legislation
Subtask 3.5: Request a declaration for
war from Congress
Task 4: Implement plans and manage on-going operations
Subtask 4.1: Review and evaluate
programs that include new acquisitions and on-going operations
Subtask 4.2: Evaluate programs
including legacy processes and engineer new ones for accomplishing and
producing required and promised outcomes
Subtask 4.3:
Continuously improve
Task 5: Report progress and discuss issues with the American public to keep them informed
Task 6: Meet with heads of state and participate in international
meetings and conferences for heads of state
Subtask 6.1: Participate in
international economic conferences Subtask 6.2: Respond to international crises
and requests for assistance
Subtask 6.3: Promote democratic process and reforms
Does it make sense that your next door neighbor could perform this job? Does it make sense that someone without training in the law can do this job? Does it make sense that someone who has not managed a very large enterprise with diverse employees can do this job? Does it make sense that someone with experience in the international community can do this job? Does it make sense that someone without intellectual genius and superior behavioral characteristics can do this job?
The American President's Team at Indiana University PA
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